Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin's Totally Unofficial Musings on the Business Side of the SCA
The Board is soliciting feedback on a change to the governing documents that would affect DEIB efforts.
It looks like they are both creating a DEIB Society Officer (who would coordinate in-game kingdom and local DEIB offices), and separating that office from the Corporate Office of Inclusive Programs (which would be focused on corporate and Board support).
Continue reading “Corporate and Society Inclusion Offices”For those with an interest in SCA history, it can be intriguing to follow a thread of discussion as Society policy is defined and changed over time. Below is one such example, showing a sequence of entries from the minutes of the Board of Directors discussing women in armored combat over the years 1975–1977.
Continue reading “From the Archives: Women as Fighters, Knights, and Sovereigns”At the end of March, the SCA announced the availability of a t-shirt being sold as a fundraiser for the Society’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
I am always glad to see the Society taking steps to promote inclusion, and in general I like the design of this shirt, but I was one of several people who wryly noted that the placement of the of the white chivalric arming sword as the first item, and just a bit larger than any of the other items, somewhat undercut the message.
Continue reading “Questioning An “Optical Illusion””This message from the Seneschal of Atenveldt strikes me as a good answer to a bad-faith question: inclusion isn’t “political.”